As his Barttortle got shocked, so got Rick. Not literally, though, more figuratively. He ran up to his poor beastie who laid flat on the ground, still shaken by little shocks. "Hey! Where did that lightning come from?"
You feigned innocence. "Donīt know, from her fingers?"
"Smooth of you." Anniebelle inspected her index finger as if she expected to find smudges of ash or something there. "By the way, what about all this treasure I heard so much about?"
You pointed at the garden wall which was still a podium for Rickīs and your respective trophy. Anniebelleīs eyes immediately widened, transfixed at the ball of dirt and bone pieces. "Oh? Oooh ... Lucas, we want that!"
"We want?", you lowered your voice a little. "Itīs just old trash, or, at best, an exhibit for Taupe Cities Museum. Or is it not?"
"No, no, itīs not", Anniebelle insisted. "Believe me, we want that. - Looks like itīs the Shell one."
If Anniebelle was so stubborn about it, you would have been ill adviced to ignore her. She was after all, partly at the moment, your game expert. "Okay, I ... will try."
"Oooh, suck the Exp from his beastie and use it as hostage!"
You waved her off and turned to your rival. "Rick? So, which treasure is the better one now?"
Rick called his Beastie back into his Cube before walking up to you. Depressed, he looked at the two pieces. "I admit, in spirit of our brawl, your gold piece is the better one."
"Then, how about a trade? You can have the better treasure if you want!"
"I - I can?"
Standing beside you, Anniebelle wrinkled her nose. "Donīt tell me it would be that easy ..."
"Of course you can!" Smiling, you shuffled the gold nugget into his hands and grabbed the fossil for yourself. "Look, you deserve that! Being the hero and all that."
Rick looked upon the nugget. "I ... of course, I do! I deserve that! I did so much hard work, after all!"
"Absolutely", you said, enthusiastically patting his shoulder. "So, deal, right?"
He nodded, looking suddenly like the real winner of this match. "I could bike a buy from this! I mean, buy a bike!"
"You can?", you asked, startled.
"Of course! I will do that right away! See you later, Lucy! I will catch up on you in no time, right after my Gym Brawl!"
You looked after him. "A bike?"
"Yup", Anniebelle said, "Bikes are pretty expensive here."
"But ... I want a bike, too ..."
"Have you mind tricked yourself?", Anniebelle asked smugly, gesturing with her fingers in front of your face. These aren't the treasures you're looking for!